A teenage girl from Linwood was yesterday ordered to carry out unpaid community work for her part in a break-in at Glasgow’s Clutha Vaults.

Charmaine Holmes was part of a small group which was spotted leaving the Clutha with bags of booze and charity tins only weeks after a helicopter hit the building, killing 10 people.

Jordan Parry, 16, and Darren Melrose, 18, were yesterday both sent behind bars for six months for their part in the raid.

And Holmes, 17, from Linwood, was handed an 18-month community payback order.

The break-in happened just weeks after a Police Scotland helicopter crashed into the roof of the Clutha pub, on November 29, resulting in the deaths of 10 people.

Among those who died in the disaster were Paisley dad Gary Arthur, Neilston man Colin Gibson and Lochwinnoch pilot David Traill, who was at the controls of the chopper at the time.

Parry, Melrose and Holmes pled guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to breaking into the Clutha Vaults pub, while acting with another, and stealing charity tins, cash and alcohol.

Holmes also admitted breaching a curfew previously imposed by being outwith her home at the time of the incident.

Sheriff Joseph Platt said the two males would have been sentenced to nine months if it wasn’t for their guilty plea.

He said: “The Crown has stated that the sum of cashed involved is £171. While that is not a particularly large amount, it was nonetheless money which was taken from donations, presumably by customers of the pub, to charitable causes.

“That, in itself, makes the theft more serious.”

He added: “The offence occurred less than three weeks after the public house in question was the site of a serious accident in which 10 people lost their lives.

“Accordingly, that you saw fit to commit this offence will have led, no doubt, to feelings of disgust amongst members of the public, and that term will go nowhere near the emotions felt by those who lost loved ones or friends in the incident.”

The court heard that police were alerted after 2am on December 17 after CCTV operators spotted the teenagers trying to gain access to the pub.

Later, the group was spotted heading along the River Clyde and officers soon followed.

Mrs De Groote added: “They could be heard smashing what was charity tins off the pavement and throwing parts of the tins into the River Clyde.

“Officers observed piles of coins from the tins on the ground and bottles of alcohol.”

Parry, Melrose and Holmes were told they were being arrested for theft by housebreaking.

Cops went to the Clutha and saw that the building was not secure and bottles of alcohol were strewn around inside the entrance to the pub.

The court heard £171 was the amount taken from three charity tins and a quantity of alcohol too.

The court was also told Holmes had since received a number of “threats and abusive behaviour” and that she regrets the offence.

It was also said on her behalf that, although the Crown said she was first at the door of the pub and tried to get in, she denies that and CCTV footage showed she had no contact with the door.

The sheriff said Holmes will be supervised for the duration of her 18-month community payback order.